WHAT'S HAPPENING : DINING.Tasting Encino: In addition to some 30 area restaurants and food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. stores and services offering sample tastes priced from $1 to $4 each, a large dance floor with live entertainment will be featured at this year's Taste of Encino, today through Sunday at the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center, 6337 Balboa Blvd., Encino. Participating restaurants of note include Chin Chin, City Wok City Wok is a chain of Asian-themed casual restaurants in California, United States, and often the subject of parody on South Park. The name is perhaps derived from Universal CityWalk, a popular tourist attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood. , Fiore's Cafe & Pizzeria, Gypsy Grill, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. Paradise, Islands, Jacopo's, Outback Steakhouse Outback Steakhouse is a casual dining American restaurant chain based in Tampa, Florida with over 900 locations in 23 countries throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. , Rosti and Taj Mahal Taj Mahal (täzh məhäl`, täj məhŭl`), mausoleum, Agra, Uttar Pradesh state, N India, on the Yamuna River. It is considered one of the most beautiful buildings in the world and the finest example of the late style of Indian . Comedian Ronnie Schell Ronald Ralph Schell (born December 23, 1931 in Richmond, California) is an American actor, stand-up comedian and cartoon voice actor. Early in his career he appeared as himself as a contestant on You Bet Your Life , Encino's honorary mayor, emcees tonight's kick-off show starring Captain Cardiac and the Coronaries. The Ho-Dads and Arcadiana will perform Saturday, and the Kenny Menard Zydeco zydeco (zī`dĭkō'), American musical form originating among the African-American Creoles of Louisiana. Drawing on elements of traditional Cajun music as well as jazz, country and western, and blues, it is characterized by French lyrics, Band heads the list Sunday. Attendees will be able to view U.S. Navy and Marine Corps military displays, classic cars and hot rods, and also enjoy a ``kids zone'' with special entertainment for the young, including face-painting, interactive games and crafting booths. Browsing and shopping at arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. booths is encouraged. The festival will be open from 5 to 11 p.m. tonight, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5 per day (children under 13 and seniors $2, under 5 free). Proceeds go to local schools and to Encino Chamber of Commerce community betterment projects. Information: (818) 789-4711. ?13 - Larry Lipson music No-cost music and comedy: Rock and comedy take to the outdoors Saturday when local power trio Choking Ghost and comic Hairy Mike, plus others, entertain at Warner Center Park. Choking Ghost, named one of the 100 hottest unsigned acts of last year by Music Connection magazine, create a wall of sound that has earned the 5-year-old outfit opening slots for Ronnie James Dio  The of this article or section may be compromised by "weasel words".You can help Wikipedia by removing weasel words. , King's X and others. Along with Hairy Mike, the daylong open-air show includes sets from acoustic-rockers Flat Stanley and r&b diva Sonora, plus comedians Eric Schwartz, Jeff Black, Vickie Rabjohn and Gary Tallman. The Woodland Hills-based Choking Ghost is currently getting ready to record a new album. ``You have to be consistent with your sound,'' bassist-singer Ted Mooney explains. ``It's OK to combine your influences, but you have to come up with something that belongs to you. It's better to find your own voice than jumping on the latest trend.'' Choking Ghost, which has developed a loyal audience around the city, also appears Sept. 25 at the Opium Den. In concert, the trio has been known to throw in a Pink Floyd cover along with its original material. Warner Center Park is at Topanga Canyon Boulevard near Oxnard Street, Woodland Hills. Show time is 11 a.m., and admission is free. ?13- Fred Shuster art Still fired up: Chocolate and young men. That's artist Beatrice Wood's formula for staying young at heart - and at age 104, she ought to know. Legend has it - and there are many legends surrounding her - that Wood started her career on a dare from Marcel Duchamp. It was 1916, and Wood had dismissed some paintings in Duchamp's townhouse town·house or town house n. 1. A residence in a city. 2. A row house, especially a fashionable one. as mere ``scrawls.'' Challenged by dada's Big Daddy to do better, Wood began painting in oils and later turned to luster-glazed chalices and bowls and cheekily sculpted sculpt v. sculpt·ed, sculpt·ing, sculpts v.tr. 1. To sculpture (an object). 2. To shape, mold, or fashion especially with artistry or precision: figures. Somewhere along the way, she moved to Los Angeles (it was the 1930s), where her aura as a high priestess of modernism - and her reputation for eccentricity - have grown to mythic proportions over the years. Today, Wood is still working away in the bucolic seclusion seclusion Forensic psychiatry A strategy for managing disturbed and violent Pts in psychiatric units, which consists of supervised confinement of a Pt to a room–ie, involuntary isolation, to protect others from harm of Ojai, where she receives wandering acolytes and curious scribes. This fall, two regional galleries are honoring her unique life force with exhibitions, both well worth the drive. ``Beatrice Wood: A Centennial Tribute'' at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art Coordinates: The Santa Barbara Museum of Art is an art museum located at 1130 State St. in downtown Santa Barbara, California. It was founded in 1941 and currently ranks amongst the top 10 regional art museums in the United States . , running Saturday through Jan. 4, 1998, offers the most comprehensive retrospective ever presented. Including more than 160 of Wood's vessels, figurative sculptures, tiles and decorative plates, plus prints, drawings and paintings, the show was organized by the American Craft Museum in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. to celebrate Wood's 100th birthday. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m. Sundays and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursdays. The museum is located at 1130 State St. in downtown Santa Barbara. For information, call (805) 963-4364. A much smaller show, ``Beatrice Wood - Vessels and Figures'' will display 12 of her works through Oct. 1 at Frank Lloyd Gallery, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica, in conjunction with a show of ceramic plates by Viola Frey. For information, call (310) 264-3866. ?13- Reed Johnson film `Lovely' movie: John Cassavetes was definitely an acquired taste. And ``She's So Lovely,'' based on a script by the late independent filmmaker and directed by his son Nick (``Unhook the Stars''), is even more of one. But if you can get past the mannered, slightly surreal tone of this woozy romantic comedy, you'll be rewarded with some of the finest acting of the year. Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn play two lowlife barflies who aren't conscious of much except their consuming love for each other. When he's locked in a mental institution for 10 years, she cleans up her act, moves to the suburbs and raises three kids with stand-up stand·up or stand-up adj. 1. Standing erect; upright: a standup collar. 2. Taken, done, or used while standing: a standup supper; a standup bar. guy John Travolta. Then the real fun begins. The still unstable Penn comes looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. his ex, she's unaccountably un·ac·count·a·ble adj. 1. Impossible to account for; inexplicable: unaccountable absences. 2. receptive to him - and Travolta is not at all pleased. There is great pleasure in watching Travolta and Penn spar both verbally and with ingenious body language as they unearth all the humor and pain an absurd romantic triangle can produce. It's not for everybody, but it's nonetheless a lovely sight. ?13- Bob Strauss theater Let the fur fly: Can 50 million people be wrong? Well, sure they can, if you consider that's about the number of Italians who backed Mussolini. It also happens to be the number of people worldwide who've seen Andrew Lloyd Webber's ``Cats'' in the 15 years since it opened on London's West End. And while ``Cats'' would appear to be a far more benign phenomenon than Il Duce, that hasn't deterred the show's most rabid detractors from slamming it at every opportunity. Well, let 'em keep slamming. Fact is, ``Cats'' may be a very profitable franchise, but it also was one of the riskiest ``concept'' musicals ever staged. Setting a popular collection of T.S. Eliot poems to music posed a challenge not many composers would've attempted - let alone pulled off. Like the best of Disney's cartoon classics, ``Cats'' brought a mass audience to a literary work that previously had been swathed in exclusivity of ``high culture.'' Maybe none of that explains why ``Cats'' is back in L.A. at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. But back it is, with performances at 8 tonight, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $29 to $62. For information, call (213) 365-3500. ?13- Reed Johnson CAPTION(S): 4 Photos Photo: (1) Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn play a couple separated by his institutionalization Institutionalization The gradual domination of financial markets by institutional investors, as opposed to individual investors. This process has occurred throughout the industrialized world. in ``She's So Lovely.'' (2) ``Ah!'' (1967) is part of ``Beatrice Wood: A Centennial Tribute,'' opening Saturday at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. (3) Woodland Hills-based Choking Ghost - featuring Theodore Mooney, left, John Stack and Tim Stack - performs Saturday at Warner Center Park. (4) HAIRY MIKE |
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